ocelot

\ɔs.lo\

/\ɔs.lo\/ noun

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The verdict

“ocelot” is uncommon French (frequency #87,905 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,905
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit félin d’Amérique à pelage roux tacheté de brun.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ocelot · ocelot · French

ocelot · rank #87,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,905
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH océanographiq…

Nearest frequency peer: océanographiques (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « ocelot »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ocelot » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ocelot
PropertyValue
Headwordocelot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔs.lo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#87,905
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ocelot » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ocelottombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « océanographiques » (#87,906), « obstructions » (#87,903), « odds » (#87,907). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ocelot » est au #87,905. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ocelot is uncommon French at frequency #87,905 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔs.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for ocelot in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ocelot, spelled O-C-E-L-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit félin d’Amérique à pelage roux tacheté de brun.
  2. 2
    Fourrure de cet animal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ocelot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Quelques animaux, entre autres l’ocelot, se tenaient tapis dans les fourrés.
  2. Pour garantir l’intégrité de son territoire, la communauté a décidé de préserver une zone de 10 000 ha, la Playa de Oro Reserva de Tigrillos, afin de protéger les félins de la jungle —jaguars, cougars, ocelots, margays, oncillas et jaguarundis.

Synonyms

chat-tigre

This word in other languages

ocelot(English)ocelote(Español)Ozelot(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ocelot"?
"ocelot" is spelled O-C-E-L-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔs.lo\.
What does "ocelot" mean?
As a noun, "ocelot" means: Petit félin d’Amérique à pelage roux tacheté de brun.
How do you pronounce "ocelot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ocelot" is \ɔs.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ocelot" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ocelot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

oxyder#87,917Noblet#87,886patère#87,929nearly#87,880

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list